Accountants in Merchant City Glasgow

Yes if you want to — Countify's office is at 5 St. Vincent Place, a five-minute walk from Merchant City's main hospitality and design cluster around Albion Street, Wilson Street and Ingram Street. In-person meetings are available on request, though most Merchant City clients prefer cloud workflows on Xero, QuickBooks Online or FreeAgent and find that a same-day email or call covers what a sit-down meeting used to. The choice between in-person and remote is yours, and the fee is the same either way.

Yes. Merchant City has a high concentration of limited-company directors and self-employed creatives, both groups for whom Scottish income tax materially affects the salary-vs-dividend decision. We apply Scottish PAYE codes (S prefix) to director salaries automatically, model the 21% intermediate and 42% higher bands into dividend timing, and account for the Scottish band uplift when comparing remuneration structures against rUK-resident peers.

Yes. Hospitality is the dominant sector in Merchant City and VAT decisions matter to margin: standard 20% on food and alcohol, 0% on cold takeaway, the Flat Rate Scheme to consider for smaller operators, and the rolling £90,000 registration threshold to monitor. We also handle tronc schemes correctly — the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 changed how tips are distributed and recorded, with implications for PAYE, employer NI and the new Code of Practice that's been in force since October 2024.

Yes. Countify is an ACCA-regulated practice. We prepare and file year-end statutory accounts at Companies House, CT600 corporation-tax returns at HMRC, the annual Confirmation Statement (CS01), Persons of Significant Control (PSC) register updates, and the directors' self-assessment returns for Merchant City limited companies. Fees are scoped upfront before any work begins.